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Another great weekend lies just ahead — and we have seven spectacular suggestions for how to spend it, from stunning stage twists and scary and heartbreaking movies to a chowderfest and a tiki Hula-ween. (Yes! It’s tiki and spooky and boozy all at once!)

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2 SIP: Trader Vic’s Hulaween

Emeryville’s famous tiki spot is going spooky, as well as boozy. (Trader Vic’s).

Get your zombie on at this spooky Hulaween cocktail workshop at Emeryville’s premiere tiki hut Friday night. The $85 tab includes tiki drinks, devilish treats and plenty of mixology mojo.

3 HEAR: A skyrocketing pop star rock or an iconic Britpop band

Sixteen-year-old pop wunderkind Billie Eilish has wowed critics and quickly developed an ardent fan base with her twisty, feisty blend of electropop. Expect a strong reception when she headlines in Oakland this weekend. Meanwhile, veteran, moody British rockers the Arctic Monkeys hold forth two nights at the Bill Graham Civic in San Francisco. Deets on both shows are here.

4 EAT: Chowderhounds, take note!

If you’ve ever wondered which Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant makes the best chowder, ponder no longer. San Francisco’s big Wharf Fest Chowder Competition is this Saturday, with 10 professional entries going, er, clam to clam for bragging rights. The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the tasting starts at noon — and you’ll need to get your tickets ahead of time. Yum.

5 SEE: Movies that will tug at your heart or make you shriek

Jamie Lee Curtis is back to star in the reboot of “Halloween.”

What’s new in theaters? How about Steve Carell ditching his comedy chops to play the father of drug-addicted son in “Beautiful Boy” (co-starring the dreamy young actor Timothee Chalamet)? Or a return to the classic horror franchise “Halloween,” with Jamie Lee Curtis back to tussle with masked menace Michael Myers? We’ve got a rundown of your movie options here.

6 SIP: Pliny the Elder in Windsor

Long known for its stellar brews and crazy-long lines of Pliny-obsessed beer lovers, Russian River Brewing has finally opened its ew brewery and brewpub in Windsor and the place is all kinds of fab — with an 85,000-square-foot complex that houses a restaurant, bar, tasting room, brewery and soon, behind-the-scenes tour. Take a peek inside, then check it out for yourself this weekend.

7 VOTE: On the ending of a Dickens murder mystery

Charles Dickens never finished his final novel “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” — and never named the killer — which makes it kind of a tough story to tell on stage. But a 1985 musical version takes care of this problem by introducing us to a cast of sordid maybe-murderers and letting the audience vote on who done it. The musical is playing in San Jose, and details are here.

Jackie Burrell is the editor and senior writer for the Mercury News and East Bay Times' Eat Drink Play section, which explores the West Coast's food, wine, cocktail and travel scene each week. An award-winning writer, Burrell joined the Bay Area News Group staff in 2000.

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